Are Uni Students Better Off With Harder Part-Time Jobs? Survey Says: Yes

A new study suggests uni students who balance their schoolwork with a challenging job actually get better grades.

The news came to the delight of absolutely zero students.

Griffith University conducted the study, assessing uni students working in a “range of settings, including hospitality, tourism, retail, health care, and construction.”

Results indicated that the more demanding the job, the better their tertiary experience.

“When university students, who work while they study, are engaged in jobs, which … are perceived to develop useful skills, teach responsibility, bring rights and privileges not attainable elsewhere, improve self-image and status, and generate meaningful and satisfying activities, they also report that these benefits make them better students,” reads the report.

However, President of Monash University Student Union, Andrew Ware, had a slightly more skeptical approach to the study’s conclusions, noting that, although work experience can be beneficial, it can also take away precious study time.

“Students are trying their best to be the master of all trades … job and study balance is a struggle is my experience,” he told The New Daily.

What do you think? Is it worthwhile having a “challenging” job while embarking on further education?